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    “Pre-service teachers’ anxiety during pre-professional practices”
    (Ecuador : Pujilí : Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi (UTC), 2024-08) Gutierrez Mendieta, Madelin Magdalena; Romero Palacios, Amparo De Jesús
    As pre-service teachers move from university classrooms to actual teaching settings, they face various stressors that can significantly affect their confidence, performance, and well-being. This study focuses on identifying the factors of anxiety among pre-service teachers during their pre-professional practices in EFL in the students of seventh semester from the Cotopaxi Technical University. Employing a qualitative research approach, the study uses a standardized scale called “The Foreign Language Teaching Anxiety Scale: Preliminary Tests of Validity and Reliability” to know anxiety factors. The questionnaire was completed by 48 pre-service teachers to gather data. The findings reveal that common anxiety sources such as teaching inexperience, lack of student interest, self-perception of language proficiency, fear of negative evaluation, and difficulties with time management, with this results it found that exists anxiety in the pre-service teachers with a low level. The research suggests that teacher should integrate strategies to address pre-service teachers' anxiety. Teachers in educational institutions can improve the training experience, leading to more competent and confident future educators. The study also advocates for greater awareness and proactive support systems to reduce pre-service teachers' anxiety, thereby enhancing their educational outcomes and future effectiveness as educators.